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 Ro
Hasegawa /
tenor saxophone,flute,composer
Born
in Kyoto, Japan.Ro Hasegawa began playing saxophone when he was a student at
Kansai University in early 90’s.The participation in Billy Higgins’ Workshop
was one of a turning point that made him convinced to pursuit the career in
jazz music. After graduated from Kansai University, he established his
local presence as a saxophonist and performed regularly with his mentor,
Mitsuru Nishiyama (bassist) and other local artists as well as leading his
own group, Lo4 (quartet) and Ro-Chestra (a 14 piece big band).
Introduced by Nishiyama, he had studied with Milt Jackson, Kenny Barron, Hank
Jones, and Ralph Moore. These particular encounters made his mind and
set him off to the United States. Moved to New York in 1999, he
attended at Brooklyn Conservatory of Music given an opportunity studying with
Melvin Smith, Ohada Tarmor, Enos Paine, Terence Conley, Helen Sun, and Sean
Moran. In addition, privately he had studied with Wes Anderson (former member
of Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra).
In April and May of 2005 preceding the album release, completed a 10-day
national tour in Japan including appearances in 2 major jazz festivals in
Kansai area
* In June 2005, his first
album, “In this case…” released from Bass On Top (Japanese Jazz Label).
" In This Case,,, " / Ro Hasegawa (BOCZ-1001)
Ro Hasegawa (Ts)
Toru Dodo (Pf) , Yujiro Nakamura (Ds)
Kazuhiko Takeda
(G)
Hatsumi
Kamiyasaki , Kosuke Inoue
(B)
Recordec
on April 29th &
30th,2004,Osaka
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